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For Immediate Release August 22, 2007

33 FRENCH FILMS & MAJORITY CO-PRODUCTIONS TO BE PRESENTED AT 32nd TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL® Alain Corneau's, Le Deuxième Souffle and the French/Lebanese co-production Nadine Labaki's Caramel, selected for Gala Presentation Toronto -- A selection of 33 French films and majority co-productions was announced today for the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival®, September 6 - 15, 2007. Alain Corneau's, Le Deuxième Souffle with Monica Bellucci and Michel Blanc and the French-Lebanese co-production Nadine Labaki's Caramel will be presented in this year’s Gala programme. To date the following artists have confirmed their attendance: Actors Expected: Mathieu Amalric, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, / Le Scaphandre et le papillon ) Monica Bellucci, Le Deuxième Souffle Juliette Binoche; Désengagement, Flight Of The Red Balloon / Le Voyage du ballon rouge, Michel Blanc, Le Deuxième Souffle, Yasmine El Masri, Caramel, Chiara Mastroianni, Love Songs / Chansons d'amour, Persepolis; Emmanuelle Seigner, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly/ Le Scaphandre et le papillon Directors Expected: Catherine Breillat, The Last Mistress / Une vieille maîtresse; Alexandre Bustillo, Inside / A L'Intérieur; Philippe Calderon The Beseiged Fortress / La Citadelle assiégée; Alain Corneau, Le Deuxième Souffle; Philippe Faucon, Dans la vie; Amos Gitai, Disengagement / Désengagement; Christophe Honoré, Love Songs / Les Chansons d'amour; Nadine Labaki, Caramel, Julien Leclercq; Chrysalis; Jean-Pierre Lledo, Algeria, Unspoken Stories, François Ozon, Angel; Jacques Nolot, Avant que j’oublie; Hiner Saleem , Sous les toits de Paris; Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis; Céline Sciamma, Water Lilies/ Naissance des pieuvres; Florent Emilio Siri, L'Ennemi intime, Salif Traoré, Faro, Goddess Of The Waters.

World Premieres Algeria, Unspoken Stories by Jean-Pierre Lledo Reel to Real Dans la vie by Philippe Faucon – Contemporary World Cinema Deuxième Souffle (Le) by Alain Corneau - Gala Ennemi intime (L') by Florent Emilio Siri – Contemporary World Cinema French Films & Majority French Coproductions Algeria, Unspoken Stories by Jean-Pierre Lledo Reel to Real Amours D'Astrée et Céladon (Les) by Eric Rohmer – France - Masters Before I Forget/Avant que j’oublie by Jacques Nolot – Comptemporary World Cinema Hold Besieged Fortress (The) / Citadelle assiégée ((La) by Philippe Calderon – France – Sprockets Family Zone The Weinstein Company/ Christal Films Canada Caramel by Nadine Labaki - Lebanon/France – Gala - Roadside Attractions (Gala) Seville Pictures Canada Chacun son cinéma by various directors – Special Presentations Weinstein Co. Chaos (Le) by Youssef Chahine – France/Egypt - Masters Chronique d'un été by Edgar Morin & Jean Rouch – Canadian Retrospective Chrysalis by Julien Leclercq - Vanguard Christal Films Canada Cross Worlds by Céline Fontaine - Wavelengths Dans la vie by Philippe Faucon – Contemporary World Cinema Disengagement / Désengagement by Amos Gitai - Germany/Italy/Israel/France - Masters Deuxième Souffle (Le) by Alain Corneau - Gala Christal Films Canada Diving Bell And The Butterfly, (The) / Scaphandre et le papillon (Le) by Julian Schnabel – France – Special Presentations Miramax Duchess of Langeais (The) / Ne touchez pas la hâche by Jacques Rivette - France/Italy – Masters IFC First Take Eat, For This Is My Body/Mange, ceci est mon corps by Michelange Quay – Visions Ennemi intime (L') by Florent Emilio Siri – Contemporary World Cinema Faro, Goddess Of The Waters by Salif Traoré - France/Canada/Mali/Burkina Faso / Germany - Contemporary World Cinema Fille coupée en deux (La) by Claude Chabrol - France/Germany – Masters Flight Of The Red Balloon / Voyage du ballon rouge (Le) by Hou Hsiao-Hsien – Masters - IFC Films IFC First Take Frontière(s) by Xavier Gens - France/Switzerland – Midnight Madness Inside / A L'Intérieur by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury – Midnight Madness - The Weinstein Company Last Mistress (The) / Une vieille maîtresse by Catherine Breillat – France – Contemporary World Cinema IFC Films Love Songs / Chansons d'amour (Les) by Christophe Honoré - Vanguard IFC Films/ Seville Pictures Canada Man From London (The) by Bela Tarr - France/Germany/Hungary/UK - Masters Monica by Enrico Mandirola Wavelengths My Enemy's Enemy by Kevin MacDonald - France/UK – Reel to Real Papillon by Olivier Fouchard - Wavelengths Persepolis by Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi – Special Presentations - Sony Pictures Classics Sous les toits de Paris by Hiner Saleem - Visions Terror's Advocate / Avocat de la terreur (L') by Barbet Schroeder – Reel to Real - Magnolia Pictures Ulzhan by Volker Schlondorff - Germany/France/Kazakhstan – Masters Water Lilies/ Naissance des pieuvres by Céline Sciamma – Vanguard - Koch Lorber Minority French Coproductions A Jihad For Love by Parvez Sharma – US / UK / France / Germany / Australia Angel by François Ozon – UK/Belgium/France – Special Presentations Seville Pictures Canada Callas Absoluta by Franco Zeffirelli - Reel to Real Faux Mouvements by Pip Chorodov - Wavelengths Max & Co. by Frédéric Guillaume & Samuel Guillaume - Switzerland/Belgium/France/UK – Sprockets Family Zone Meduses (Les) by Shira Geffen & Etgar Keret - France/Israel – Contemporary World Cinema Mourning Forest (The) by Naomi Kawase - France/Japan – Contemporary World Cinema

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My Brother Is An Only Child / Mon frère est fils unique by Daniele Luchetti - Italy/France – Contemporary World Cinema Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway - Canada / France / Germany / Poland / Netherlands / UK – Special Presentations Secrets (The) by Avi Nesher (The) - Israel/France – Contemporary World Cinema Silent Light by Carlos Reygadas - Mexico/France/Netherlands - Visions Silk by François Girard - Canada/France/Italy/UK/Japan – Special Presentations Son of Rambow by Garth Jennings XXY by Lucia Puenzo - Argentina/Spain/France - Vanguard For further information, please contact: CANADIAN/INTERNATIONAL PRESS Galvez + associates Kim Galvez

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